All posts tagged Budget 2013

Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar state and senior leader of the opposition Janata Dal (United), Thursday was all praise for the federal budget unveiled by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. Read More »

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram left everybody scratching their heads when he announced that the budget would earmark only 100 billion rupees ($1.8 billion) to provide food grains at throwaway prices to nearly 70% of the population. Read More »

Mobile phone handsets from foreign manufacturers that cost more than 2,000 rupees ($37) will become more expensive after India’s finance minister proposed increasing the import tax on them to 6% from 1%. Read More »

In India, prices of locally-produced sports-utility vehicles, as well as imported luxury cars and high-end motorcycles, are set to rise after taxes on these vehicles were increased in Thursday’s budget. Read More »

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